Join acclaimed international yoga teacher and speaker Simon Borg-Oliver for his informative and practical Brisbane workshop on the Essence of Yoga practice: Finding Body – Mind Awareness.

Whether you are an experienced yoga teacher or just entering the amazing world of yoga study, Simon’s inspirational insights across all aspects of yoga, as a physical, mental and spiritual nourishment, will profoundly expand and elevate your own knowledge and connection to your sacred practice.

“I use yoga to lovingly encourage the circulation of energy and consciousness throughout my body to be in greater harmony with everything around me.” – Simon Borg-Olivier.

Enhance your yoga practice, improve your yoga teaching, get CPD points – this is a must-do course for anyone interested in yoga; students and teachers alike.

Session 1: Friday 12th April 7pm – 9pm |  Movement of the body: aligning your physical, mental and emotional health.

Aligning your physical, mental and emotional healthLearn how to improve the strength and flexibility of your limbs and use them to regulate your breathing and circulation (and thus energy and fitness), your nervous system (and thus your health, strength, flexibility and calmness), and your internal organs (your digestion, immunity and sexual function).

Session 2: Saturday 13th April 10am – 1pm |  Enhancing your raw power, strengthening core, and living with a pain-free back

Learn how to use posture, movement and breathing, all originating from your core to improve the health of your spine and body systems (respiratory, circulatory, nervous, immune, endocrine and reproductive systems); and also to develop your energy, strength, flexibility and stability, while remaining calm, focused and healthy.

Session 3: Saturday 13th April 2pm – 5pm |  Building your immunity and internal energy

Feel how your nervous system and your internal organs are directly related to your health, energy and fitness.  Learn how to improve the strength and flexibility of your limbs and use them to regulate your breathing and circulation. Build and enrich your immunity, digestion and sexual function by using movement and energy.

Session 4: Sunday 14th April 10am – 1pm |  Mental clarity: the beginning of meditation

Do you understand meditation and the clarity that comes with it? Did you know meditation can be done with both movement and stillness? Join Simon to learn how to move energy (Prana) through the body, how to develop flexibility, increase strength, improve circulation and find calm and stillness within, opening you to deeper practices and greater self-awareness.

Session 5: Sunday 14th April 2pm – 5pm |  Breath and circulation: from movement to stillness

Have you ever noticed how breath (Pranayama) is affected by emotions, situations and experiences in life? Think of when you are nervous or anxious and what happens to your breath.  Learn how to use your mind, your body and your breath in various ways and experience the amazing affects this can have on your health and well-being. Feel the difference when moving dynamically or statically and experience energy (Prana) and deeper conscious awareness.

About the weekend:

Discover how to use asanas and pranayama to increase strength, flexibility and internal health; and more importantly learn how to improve circulation and bring energy to every cell in your body and let each of the bodies 50 trillion cells communicate in a loving way for perfect health, happiness and longevity.

This is an interactive weekend where Simon will show you how to:

• improve flexibility without feeling intense stretch.
• improve strength without feeling tense or stressed.
• become more relaxed without needing to be completely passive.
• improve your energy levels without having to breathe more than normal.
• promote circulation without needing to make your heart beat faster.
• improve the intelligence of your body cells without having to over-think.
• satiate your appetite and feel nourished without having to eat as much.
• feel rested and rejuvenated without having to sleep as much.

This course is essential for yoga teachers, teachers in training and anyone interested in deepening their ability to use posture, movement and breathing to give positive effects on health, fitness, longevity and mental and physical wellbeing.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:

Simon Borg-Olivier MScBAppSc(Physiotherapy)APAM is a Co-Director of Yoga Synergy, one of Australia’s oldest and most respected yoga schools. Simon has over 33 years experience teaching yoga, inspiring people all around the world.

He studied and taught at Sydney University over a period of 20 years. In that time he completed a Bachelor of Science in human biology, a research based Master of Science in molecular biology and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy.

Simon travels the world speaking and teaching about fitness, health and longevity and drawing on his immense knowledge, research and personal practice.

Simon co-developed the Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga Course and co-authored the book, ‘Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga‘, that goes with the course, the first comprehensive applied anatomy and physiology yoga text. He passionately believes that if everyone had yoga in their lives, it would make the world a better place.